Fedora vs openSUSE

Rameshwar Kr. Sharma mathsrealworld at gmail.com
Wed Dec 21 15:33:16 UTC 2011


On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 8:53 PM, Tim <ignored_mailbox at yahoo.com.au> wrote:

> Though be aware that Live CDs are a poor demonstration.  For one thing,
> they're a slow medium.  So don't be put off trying a proper installation
> if the demonstration isn't that good.

Oh yes, but I can install from Live CD only and then just update the
system after installation, is it fine, I guess.

> Yes, it is a good idea to try more than one distro to see which is
> better suited for you.  But I haven't seen anybody mention the other
> important thing:  See what technical support you can get for each, and
> which you prefer out of that.

> e.g. I find this mailing list very good.  I haven't thought much of the
> Ubuntu forums, back when I was looking at it.

> If you can't use the distro all by yourself, and need help, you want it
> to be useful to you.

Well, important point mentioned. (I guess) all the three have good
supporting mailing lists, however, I have not compared.


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